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Glenbard West celebrates senior night with 4th straight win
Updated Jan 20, 2022 10:35 PM
Out for the season with a knee injury, Kendall Walch started Thursday on Senior Night and was allowed to score the game’s first basket.
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Downers Grove North routs rival
Updated Dec 18, 2021 9:52 PM
When you see a chance, take it.That’s the message Downers Grove North coach Stephan Bolt gave to junior guard Maggie Fleming before Saturday’s game with crosstown rival Downers Grove South.Fleming took it to heart, then took the visiting Mustangs out of the game. She scored the first six points on a pair of 3-pointers, then watched senior guard Kate Gross follow suit.It was all part of an opening barrage that saw the Trojans race out to a 14-0 lead en route to a 54-24 victory.
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Emmie Roberts, right, is one of three returning three-year varsity players at Glenbard West.
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Scouting the West Suburban
Updated Nov 16, 2021 7:34 AM
Here’s a look at the girls basketball season in the West Suburban
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St. Charles North’s Morgan Klug drives to the basket against Downers Grove South Monday during the York Thanksgiving Tournament.
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Team effort sends St. Charles North past Downers Grove South
Updated Nov 15, 2021 9:23 PM
With eight consecutive winning seasons, the St. Charles North girls basketball program has put together a nice little string of success. Behind a strong core of players returning to the court this winter, the North Stars are expecting nothing less than continuing that. They started off on the right foot Monday in their season opener, knocking down 11-three pointers in a 58-39 win over Downers Grove South as part of the York Thanksgiving Tournament in Elmhurst.
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Glenbard West celebrates senior night with 4th straight win
Updated Jan 20, 2022 10:35 PM
Out for the season with a knee injury, Kendall Walch started Thursday on Senior Night and was allowed to score the game’s first basket.
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Willowbrook’s Sophie Sullivan (1) drives to the basket against York Wednesday night.
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Willowbrook comes from behind to beat York
Updated Jan 19, 2022 10:56 PM
Willowbrook rallied from 7 points down in the second half to beat York 51-46 in a West Suburban Conference girls basketball crossover game Wednesday night.
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Schaumburg girls basketball coach Jacqie Strauch, left, takes on her brother-in-law Todd’s Conant team on Friday at Conant.
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Friday’s matchup a family affair for Strauchs
Updated Jan 19, 2022 12:17 PM
On Friday in Hoffman Estates, the Strauch vs. Strauch Mid-Suburban West girls basketball match takes place again, just one week after Conant coach Todd Strauch and his Cougars edged Schaumburg coach Jacqie Strauch’s Saxons, 42-38.
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Fisher, Libertyville rally from 15 down, stun Willowbrook
Updated Jan 18, 2022 7:05 AM
Willowbrook had an up close look at the growing Emily Fisher hype train. The Warriors were on the unfortunate end of Fisher putting her imprint on a stunning Libertyville comeback in the 32nd Annual Coach Derril Kipp Hoopsfest in Lisle.
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Willowbrook’s Hannah Kenny drives to the basket against Nazareth Thursday in La Grange Park.
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Cold shooting costs Willowbrook at Nazareth
Updated Jan 13, 2022 10:46 PM
With three sophomores in the starting lineup, the future is exceptionally bright for the Nazareth girls basketball program.As it turns out, so is the present.Continuing to raise the bar despite their youth, the Roadrunners won their 13th game in a row with a hard-fought 51-37 nonconference victory over Willowbrook Thursday before a big crowd in La Grange Park.
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Maine South’s Meegan Fahy, center, is pressured under the basket by Glenbrook South’s Madison Luckey, left, and Anna Rosenberger during a girls basketball game in Glenview earlier this season.
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Maine South starting to play its best basketball
Updated Jan 12, 2022 7:35 PM
One of the Northwest suburbs’ girls basketball teams currently on the biggest roll is Maine South, which has won eight of its last nine games through Monday.
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Quiana Birmingham is one of the main reasons Addison Trail has started the season 13-6.
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Addison Trail enjoying best season in years
Updated Jan 11, 2022 8:33 AM
The Addison Trail girls basketball team is relying on a pair of three-year varsity players to their best regular season start in over 15 years.Seniors Mary Velez and Quiana Birmingham are the backbone of the one of the best Blazer teams in recent decades.The Blazers (13-6, 6-1 West Suburban Gold) have built off last season’s showing, led by the production and leadership of Velez and Birmingham.
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Prospect’s Andie Will glides through Rolling Meadows’ defense during a game this past spring. The Knights lead the MSL East when divisional play resumes Friday night.
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Fremd, Prospect have plenty of momentum as MSL resumes divisional play
Updated Jan 5, 2022 1:32 PM
When teams return to Mid-Suburban League girls basketball action on Friday night, Fremd and Prospect will each hold one-game leads in their respective West and East divisions. And the two teams will hardly be void of momentum. They are the only two from the conference who are coming off championship runs at holiday tournaments.
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Wheaton North’s Allie Whitmer, top, and Zoey Bohmer (1) celebrate the Falcons’ win over Willowbrook during the Bill Neibch Holiday Classic semifinals on Monday in Wheaton.
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Freshman Abdul helps Wheaton North hand Willowbrook 1st loss
Updated Dec 28, 2021 6:14 AM
Freshman Sara Abdul erupted for a career-high 23 points and four-year starter Claire Hyde added 21 points, five rebounds and four assists as the fourth-seeded Falcons knocked off top-seeded and previously unbeaten Willowbrook 60-50 on Monday in the semifinals of the Bill Neibch Falcon Classic.
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Barrington will open play at the 38th Annual Komaromy Charger Classic at Dundee-Crown against the host school on Monday. ’
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Dundee-Crown, Morton, St. Viator tourneys are highlights for NW suburbs teams
Updated Dec 22, 2021 4:31 PM
Girls basketball teams from the Northwest suburbs will be looking for championships at three holiday tournaments that begin on Monday of next week.
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Address: 1436 Norfolk
Downers Grove, Il 60516
Phone:630-795-8500
County:DuPage
Website:http://south.csd99.org/
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